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Karen Flores

"I'll think about it" means nothing in L.A.

— Get Shorty · 1995

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says a noncommittal reply carries no weight in L.A. "I'll think about it" is treated as polite evasion rather than a real maybe, so anyone hearing it should assume the answer is effectively no, or at least that nothing has been promised.

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